Tuition

Learn the true value of earning your degree and living your purpose. We don't want money to get in the way of earning your degree. CBU Online helps you save time and money because time savings equals cost savings. CBU Online offers classes year round, undergraduate students can complete up to 36 units in one year, graduate students up to 30. Because you earn your degree faster, you pay less in tuition, when compared to other colleges and universities*.

CBU Online is transfer friendly and there are many ways to get college credit for work experience and your knowledge, professional skills, and past college courses. Let our admissions team help you explore your options to earn college credit for your accomplishments. CBU Online can help you reduce the total cost of your degree and the time it takes to earn it.

Earn your degree faster, by attending year round

Transfer all applicable college credit

Maximize college level exams (e.g. CLEP, DSST) for credits

U.S. military personnel credit - experience you gained while in the military may be equivalent to college-level coursework

Emergency service personnel credit for active duty law enforcement – experience for professional service/POST certification may be equivalent to college-level coursework

Teachers - experience for professional service/certifications may be equivalent to college-level coursework (e.g., portfolio work towards Master’s degree credit)

CBU Online can help you reduce the total cost of your degree and the time it takes to earn it. Let our admissions team help you explore your options to earn college credit for your accomplishments.

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Length of time to complete a degree.

According to the report, several factors contribute to the lengthy time it can take to get a degree, including insufficient course offerings, work and family obligations, and the need for students to finish remedial courses.

A student who gets a degree in six years from a Los Angeles-area community college will incur an extra $120,000 in expenses and lost wages over his or her career compared to someone who finished in two years. The median student took 4.7 years to reach the goal of an earned bachelor's degree from a Cal State campus during the 2011-12 academic year.

Bachelor’s

The average amount of time to graduate is 2 years compared to 4 years or more at most universities.

Based on a student who transfers in with the equivalent of an Associate’s degree. Transfer credits will vary depending on your past college coursework

Based on a student who takes 3 out of 3 semesters per year

Based on a student who takes 2 courses (e.g., 6 units) per session, every session (e.g., E1 & E2)

Students may be able to graduate even faster by transferring in additional credits

Master’s

The average amount of time to graduate is 1 year compared to 2 years or more at most universities.

Based on a student who takes 3 out of 3 semesters per year. 2 Based on a student who takes 2 course (e.g., 6 units) per session, every session (e.g., E1 & E2).

Doctorate

The average amount of time to graduate is 2 years compared to 4 years or more at most universities.

Based on a student who takes 3 out of 3 semesters per year. 2 Based on a student who takes 2 course (e.g., 6 units) per session, every session (e.g., E1 & E2).